Europe

Anger over high cost of publishing in Nature and other titles as UK universities sign up for three-year agreement

Earnings gap for poor graduates applies even taking into account university attended and subject studied, Taso report finds

Labour leader also says £9,250 fee status quo in England is ‘unfair’

Government-led review of ‘low-performing’ research system will increase pressure to reform the role of France’s biggest scientific agency

More prepared to pay for education because of innovations in flexible learning, despite demographic shifts that are harming public sector

Success of Turing Scheme should not obscure lost benefits of deeper, reciprocal student exchange initiatives, explains House of Lords review

Amid rising tensions between West and Western-educated Chinese elite, experts counter claim that universities ‘fail to instil Western values’

Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang

Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of having friends in academia

Only two of the 24 members of the Russell Group recorded a surplus for the 2021-22 academic year, Hesa figures show

Rearranged event causes more controversy as activists block entrance to lecture theatre 

Union attempts to rally members behind potentially game-changing action despite threats of 100 per cent wage deductions